A violent attack near the Four Corners area in Lake County early Thursday ended with a woman stabbing a man who allegedly tried to rape her, deputies said.
The woman told deputies she just got back from a dinner after midnight Thursday. She parked at the Ashton Chase Apartments and was sitting in her car gathering her things when a man she did not know opened her driver’s side door, records show.
The man tried to force her into the passenger’s seat, and when she resisted, he pulled her out of the car by her hair while calling her a derogatory term, the woman later told deputies.
She said she fought back, biting and clawing at him. The man kept pulling her hair and struck her head against the ground, deputies said.
The woman told deputies he forced her pants and underwear off. She said she did not want to have sex with him, but he kept attacking her, she said.
“Ok, but not out here,” she recalled telling him, according to records. “Please, I do not want anyone to see me.”
When they got into her car, the woman grabbed a knife she kept in a storage compartment under her radio, deputies said. She started stabbing the man, and managed to lock him out of the car. She drove away and called 911.
At least one person saw the attack and called 911 as well, so deputies were already on their way to the complex, records show.
Deputies followed a trail of blood to a stairwell and found Robert Pascual, 22, who had stab wounds and matched the description the woman gave.
Pascual was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center, where he was in stable condition Thursday afternoon.
Pascual told deputies he got into an argument with a woman he didn’t know, but said he didn’t remember it.
He faces charges of attempted sexual battery, false imprisonment, and burglary of an occupied conveyance with battery. He will be transferred from the hospital to the Lake County Jail.
The woman’s injuries were not life-threatening, deputies said. She declined medical treatment at the scene, gave her bloodied clothes to police as evidence, and went to an emergency room on her own.
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A violent attack near the Four Corners area in Lake County early Thursday ended with a woman stabbing a man who allegedly tried to rape her.
A violent attack near the Four Corners area in Lake County early Thursday ended with a woman stabbing a man who allegedly tried to rape her.
A violent attack near the Four Corners area in Lake County early Thursday ended with a woman stabbing a man who allegedly tried to rape her.
A violent attack near the Four Corners area in Lake County early Thursday ended with a woman stabbing a man who allegedly tried to rape her.
A 33-year-old deputy resigned from the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office Monday after allegedly stealing money from motorists during DUI arrests.
A 33-year-old deputy resigned from the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office Monday after allegedly stealing money from motorists during DUI arrests.
On 01/31/2017, approximately 11:30 pm, Security cameras captured two unknown black male suspects commit an armed robbery at the 7-Eleven at 5300 Radabaugh Way. The two clerks were working inside with two customers shopping, when two males entered the business armed with handguns wearing masks. The suspects ordered the clerks to empty the registers. The suspects then fled on foot into the Northbridge Apartment complex. The suspects were between the ages of nineteen to twenty three. Please note that one of the suspects had bright red sneakers and a distinct wristband or watch on his left wrist.
If you have any information as to the identity of the suspects please contact the Orlando Police Department or CRIMELINE at I-1800-423-TIPS.
On 01/31/2017, approximately 11:30 pm, Security cameras captured two unknown black male suspects commit an armed robbery at the 7-Eleven at 5300 Radabaugh Way. The two clerks were working inside with two customers shopping, when two males entered the business armed with handguns wearing masks. The suspects ordered the clerks to empty the registers. The suspects then fled on foot into the Northbridge Apartment complex. The suspects were between the ages of nineteen to twenty three. Please note that one of the suspects had bright red sneakers and a distinct wristband or watch on his left wrist.
If you have any information as to the identity of the suspects please contact the Orlando Police Department or CRIMELINE at I-1800-423-TIPS.
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Noor Salman, wife of Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen, stands accused of facilitating the attack. Her lawyer requested a judge set bail.
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On Jan. 30, 1976, Karen Klaas, the ex-wife of Righteous Brothers singer Bill Medley, was left for dead in her Hermosa Beach home. Four decades later investigators got a break using new forensic techniques. (Jan. 31, 2017)
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